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1.
Semi-Detached Paperback Elizabeth Ruth 9781770867130 $24.95 FICTION Sep 16, 2023

Acclaimed author Elizabeth Ruth explores what happens when hearts freeze and begin to thaw. In December 2013, an ice storm echoing one that took place seventy years earlier buries the city where realtor Laura Keys is preparing to sell a semi-detached house for the comatose homeowner. Hanging around the house and wanting inside is a teenage girl with a Scottish terrier tucked into her coat. As Laura prepares the house for showing and sale, she uncovers more about its owner, Eddie (Edna Ferguson) and Eddie’s ill-fated relationship with her boss’... + Read More
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Shamus the Urban Rez Dog, P.I. Paperback Leslie Gentile 9781770867079 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 02, 2023

The name’s Shamus. I'm a special kind of dog. I'm what's known as a Rez Dog. That means I’m a mix of different dog breeds and I come from a reserve. As far as I know, I am a mix of German shepherd, husky, and border collie. I was a surprise from Rainey and Cole’s uncle. Mom is still warming up to me, but the twins love having me around. Life was great — busting out of the yard, chasing Mr. Tibbles around the neighbourhood, snooping through garbage bins — until Mom was accused of stealing from the family-owned jewellery store she’s worked at fo... + Read More
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More than Words Navigating the Complex World of Communication Hardcover Natalie Hyde 9781770867192 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 07, 2023

The way you express yourself matters! Maybe you’ve never thought about it, but you are constantly communicating wherever you go. You’re always making an impression on someone. And not just with the things you say either. Communication involves a lot more than talking. You’ll be amazed at how many ways there are to express yourself without speaking — body language, hand gestures, facial expressions, they all have a lot to say. The trick is learning to read them from others and to be aware of the silent signals you’re giving off yourself. That’s ... + Read More
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Life Expectancy Paperback Alison Hughes 9781770867093 $16.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Sep 23, 2023

After her Opportunity Class stages a play about her grandmother’s famous novel, Abomination, Sophie St. John’s suspicions that her family is keeping something from her are confirmed. While doing her Legal Studies homework she discovers a case, a lawsuit launched by her parents when she was born that reveals that Sophie has a serious disease, a reduced life expectancy, and that she might be very rich. Faced with the reality that she may not have much time left, Sophie ponders what it means to really live and bravely decides to face the future on... + Read More
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The Bliss House Paperback Jim Bartley 9781459751460 $24.99 FICTION Sep 05, 2023

A queer Thelma and Louise story set in Alice Munro country.Two young men bringing up a small child in the middle of nowhere. Everything could be fine, but strangers start to meddle.For near a century the reclusive Bliss clan farmed the same land. Now it’s 1963 and everyone’s gone except teenage Cam, his older cousin Wes, and little Dorie. They buried Gran over a year ago. But Gramp is still with them, wrapped tight as a mummy in an old tarp in the cold room off the kitchen. Life’s better now without the old man’s rants and terrors.There are pro... + Read More
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Mudflowers Paperback Aley Waterman 9781459751521 $24.99 FICTION Sep 19, 2023

In the year following her mother’s death, Sophie navigates a complicated love triangle between a new flame and a past partner.It's the west end of Toronto, the apartments are small, and everybody is twenty-seven and making some kind of art. In the wake of her mother’s death, Sophie pays rent by making stained glass mosaics for rich people and plays house with her childhood friend and sometimes-lover, the beautiful boy Alex. Both are from Newfoundland but move easily in this world of crowded patios and DIY movie shoots. When Sophie meets the gla... + Read More
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Stolen Family Captive in Saudi Arabia Paperback Johanne Durocher 9781459750425 $23.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 01, 2023

Johanne Durocher fights to free her daughter and four grandchildren from a nightmarish life of abuse and poverty in Saudi Arabia.In 2001, Nathalie Morin was just seventeen when she met Saeed, a Saudi man who claimed to be studying in Montreal. She fell in love with him, but soon after she gave birth to their son, Saeed was deported back to his country of origin. Struggling as a single mother and wanting Samir to know his father, Nathalie travelled to Saudi Arabia to reunite her family, confident that she would be able to return to Canada whenev... + Read More
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Canada Alone Navigating the Post-American World Paperback Kim Richard Nossal 9781459752450 $24.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 26, 2023

Canada must prepare for an isolationist and unpredictable neighbour to the South should a MAGA leader gain the White House in 2025.The American-led global order has been increasingly challenged by Chinese assertiveness and Russian revanchism. But while Canadians have been paying attention to the re-emergence of great power competition, they assume that Americans will continue to provide global leadership in the West. Canada Alone sketches a more dystopian future: we are likely to see the illiberal, anti-democratic, and authoritarian Make Americ... + Read More
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Whistle at Night and They Will Come Indigenous Horror Stories Volume 2 Paperback Alex Soop 9781990735301 $29.95 FICTION Oct 01, 2023

In this followup to his hugely popular Midnight Storm Moonless Sky: Indigenous Horror Stories, Blackfoot storyteller Alex Soop plunges us again into enthralling tales that mix reality with dark terror. Within its stories, Whisper at Night and They Will Come reveals ancient theories of the paranormal, post apocalyptic scenarios, impossible wells of grief, and monstrous phobias. Soop scares the wits out of readers, all the while uncovering overlooked social anxieties and racism affecting Indigenous Peoples across North America.
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My Life in Propaganda Personal Stories about Language and Totalitarian Regimes Paperback Magda Stroinska 9781990735332 $35.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 01, 2023

My Life in Propaganda is Magda Stroińska’s personal account of growing up with communist propaganda in Eastern Europe. She looks at the influence of her family history that contradicted what she was taught at school, the cognitive and emotional effects of compulsory school readings, socialist realist art and film, Radio Free Europe and Voice of America and their role in shaping her generation’s collective view of the world. She also observes post-communist societies through the lens of societal trauma and explains how to understand the sudden... + Read More
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Mary Pratt A Love Affair with Vision Hardcover Anne Koval 9781773101729 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 03, 2023

Mary Pratt’s art has captivated millions of Canadians. Her luminescent paintings capture reality in a way that few artists have been able to achieve — the chip in a glass bowl, the play of light across a dish-strewn supper table, the vulnerability of a naked woman. Replete with symbolism, Pratt’s work elevates the traditional still life by transforming the everyday into the iconic. Art historian Anne Koval wrote Mary Pratt: A Love Affair with Vision in close consultation with Pratt. The book is informed by extensive interviews with the artist, ... + Read More
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Away from the Dead Paperback David Bergen 9781773103105 $24.95 FICTION Sep 05, 2023

From Giller Prize-winning novelist David Bergen, an electrifying novel set in Ukraine amidst the chaos of war and revolution. Violence is the domain of both the rich and poor. Or so it seems in early 20th-century Ukraine during the tumult of the Russian Revolution. As anarchists, Bolsheviks, and the White Army all come and go, each claiming freedom and justice, David Bergen embeds his readers into the lives of characters connected through love, family, and loyalty. Lehn, a bookseller south of Kiev, deserts the army and writes poetry to his love... + Read More
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Where the World Was Paperback Rosemary Sullivan 9781773102818 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 19, 2023

“As a poet and writer, [Rosemary Sullivan] knows that life is lived not as theory but as practice, that . . . you can understand nothing about a place without listening to individual people and their stories.” — Margaret Atwood Incomparable writer, activist, and world traveller Rosemary Sullivan has at long last written a book about herself, about her life quest to “meet the world, to celebrate its richness, to face its darkness.” And what a fascinating book it is! Comprised of 21 essays spanning 5 decades and multiple continents, Where the Wor... + Read More
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Races The Trials and Triumphs of Canada's Fastest Family Paperback Valerie Jerome 9781773102900 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 12, 2023

The inside track on an under-told story about the intersection of race and sports in Canada. In the 1960s, Harry Jerome set 7 world records, including the 100-yard dash, earning him the title of the world’s fastest man. His grandfather, John “Army” Howard, was Canada’s first Black Olympian, running in Stockholm in 1912 against nearly impossible odds. Harry’s sister, Valerie, competed for Canada at the 1960 Rome Olympics. With Races, Valerie Jerome sets the record straight on her heroic family’s history, and the racism they fought along the way ... + Read More
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Farley and Claire A Love Story Hardcover Michael Harris 9781771649773 $39.95 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Oct 17, 2023

The tumultuous, enduring love story between iconic writer Farley Mowat and his wife Claire, including excerpts from their passionate letters, published here for the first time. When Farley Mowat met Claire Wheeler in August 1960, the attraction was immediate, and within days they were lovers, despite the fact that Farley was already married. Their affair—partly aided and abetted by publisher Jack McClelland—included an extended correspondence until several years later, when Farley finally obtained a Mexican divorce and the two were married in... + Read More
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Pitfall The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places Hardcover Christopher Pollon 9781771649124 $39.95 NATURE Oct 10, 2023

A harrowing journey through the past, present, and future of mining, this expertly-researched account ends on a vision for how industry can better serve the needs of humanity. A race is on to exploit the last bonanzas of gold, silver, and industrial metals left on Earth. These metals are not only essential for all material comfort and need, but for the transition to clean energy: in the coming decades, billions of tons of copper, nickel, silver, and other metals will be required to build electric vehicles, solar and wind installations, and gr... + Read More
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Imagine a Garden Stories of Courage Changing the World Hardcover Rina Singh 9781771647137 $23.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 10 Sep 26, 2023

Illustrated with stunning cut paper art, these seven poetic vignettes capture true stories of courage, hope, and resilience from around the world. In Imagine A Garden, award-winning children's author Rina Singh shares seven real-life stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things for their communities amidst war, poverty, and violence. With vivid, textured images from celebrated Iranian illustrator Hoda Hadadi, this powerful picture book is: - A celebration of everyday heroes and how they make their communities a better place - A t... + Read More
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Series: Aldana Libros The Shade Tree Hardcover Suzy Lee 9781778400186 $23.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 10 Sep 05, 2023

From the extraordinary Hans Christian Andersen award winner Suzy Lee comes an inventive retelling of a Korean folk tale about a young traveler who outwits a rich, selfish man to ensure that villagers will always be able to rest in the shade of a magnificent tree. Villagers like to come to rest and cool down in the shade of a huge, old tree. But when a young traveler decides to join them one day, a rich man on whose land the tree stands demands they leave because he owns the tree and therefore its shade. Thinking fast, the traveler strikes a dea... + Read More
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Be a Nature Explorer! Outdoor Activities and Adventures Paperback Peter Wohlleben 9781771649698 $17.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 10 Mar 05, 2024

For kids ages 6 to 10, this nature activity guide is the perfect companion for every child?s next outdoor adventure, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees and Can You Hear the Trees Talking?. An excellent resource for parents, teachers, and curriculums ranging from outdoor education to homeschool and forest school. Whether you are in the forest, in your own backyard, or in the city, there are so many exciting ways to engage with nature—and forester Peter Wohlleben has the best ideas for doing so. With Be A Na... + Read More
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Rise Up and Sing! Power, Protest, and Activism in Music Hardcover Andrea Warner 9781771648981 $26.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 - 17 Oct 17, 2023

This inspiring introduction to activism and social justice for young teens shows the important role music plays in changing the world, featuring: - Musicians young teens will know and love: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X, and more! - Iconic artists from past generations: readers will learn about the extraordinary impact of artists such as Nina Simone, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Neil Young, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, and more. - Playlists for each social justice issue: Each chapter includes a playlist with recomm... + Read More
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New World Dreams Canadian Pacific Railway and the Golden Northwest Hardcover David Laurence Jones 9781772034554 $49.95 TRANSPORTATION Oct 17, 2023

An in-depth exploration of how a transportation company created a vision for a burgeoning nation and played a leading role driving immigration to the Canadian West.Best known for its monumental achievements in transportation technology, Canadian Pacific Railway (or “CP”) was instrumental in constructing the concept—and the reality—of the country we now call Canada. In addition to building the railroad that connected the country from coast to coast, CP was also highly effective at selling the idea of a vast and rich land of opportunity and trigg... + Read More
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Instead Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life - A Memoir Paperback Maria Coffey 9781771606400 $28.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 03, 2023

A compelling memoir about opting for adventure instead of motherhood, and the life-long outcomes of that choice. Instead captures Maria Coffey’s adventurous life through her biggest decisions along the way – including the decision not to have children. It’s a vivid travelogue, a love story, and a personal commentary on the risks and rewards of choosing unconventional paths. After two traumatic experiences during her twenties - a near-drowning in Morocco and her boyfriend’s death on Mount Everest - Maria determines to seize every day and explo... + Read More
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Ontario ABCs Board book Jocey Asnong 9781771605373 $12.00 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Sep 12, 2023

All the animals are awake and ready to explore the province of Ontario and the Great Lakes in this early concept alphabet book. Make a splash in Muskoka, skate outdoors on Ottawa’s Rideau canal, help turn sap into maple syrup, grab a grilled lunch with some sea gulls, and peek through the pines at a welcoming campsite in one of the province’s many beautiful parks. Jocey’s vibrant and whimsical illustrations showcase a selection of the regional diversity found throughout this province, and of the many birds and animals that call Ontario home.
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Ontario ABCs Paperback Jocey Asnong 9781771605380 $10.00 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Sep 12, 2023

All the animals are awake and ready to explore the province of Ontario and the Great Lakes in this early concept alphabet book. Make a splash in Muskoka, skate outdoors on Ottawa’s Rideau canal, help turn sap into maple syrup, grab a grilled lunch with some sea gulls, and peek through the pines at a welcoming campsite in one of the province’s many beautiful parks. Jocey’s vibrant and whimsical illustrations showcase a selection of the regional diversity found throughout this province, and of the many birds and animals that call Ontario home.
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Let's Eat Recipes for Kids Who Cook Hardcover DL Acken 9781771514132 $40.00 COOKING Oct 17, 2023

A colourful, comprehensive cookbook that teaches kids (ages 9+) and beginner chefs to cook, and arms them with accessible yet impressive recipes they can make with little-to-no parental supervision. If the young gourmands on MasterChef Junior are anything to go by, lots of kids are eager to get into the kitchen. So why wait until they’re off at college facing the (gross) communal microwave in their residence lounge? Seasoned cookbook author Danielle Acken, food stylist Aurelia Louvet, and their six proteges (age 7 to 17) are here to help. Let's... + Read More
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Sweet Greek Authentic Recipes for Every Occasion Hardcover Kathy Tsaples 9781771514156 $45.00 COOKING Oct 24, 2023

"The holy book of Greek food." —Christos Sourligas, bestselling author of My Big Fat Greek CookbookA collection of 90+ traditional Greek recipes that will help you master classic favourites like spanakopita and baclava, and add dozens of new treats to your repertoire.Kathy Tsaples’s parents arrived in Australia as part of the early-1950s wave of immigrants from Greece and their household in Melbourne became a regular gathering place for the Greek families in their neighbourhood, nourished by Kathy’s mother’s cooking. Fast forward a few decades ... + Read More
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Series: Sipster's Wine Guides The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines: Volume 1 Paperback Luke Whittall 9781771514217 $20.00 COOKING Oct 31, 2023

A handy, decidedly un-stuffy guide to 50 of the best Ontario wines under $50 a bottle.In this handy portable guide to the top 50 Ontario wines under $50 a bottle, wine expert and educator Luke Whittall abandons the usual language of tasting notes in favour of a more personalized, approachable style, focusing on experiences, good company, and where a wine might take your thoughts.As a wine industry professional, Whittall has often found himself inspired more by the way non-professionals talk about wine than the “hints of fresh cherries, dried he... + Read More
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Wrong How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation Hardcover Dannagal Goldthwaite Young 9781421447759 $38.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Oct 17, 2023

An engaging look at how American politics and media reinforce partisan identity and threaten democracy.Why are so many of us wrong about so much? From COVID-19 to climate change to the results of elections, millions of Americans believe things that are simply not true—and act based on these misperceptions. In Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation, expert in media and politics Dannagal Goldthwaite Young offers a comprehensive model that illustrates how political leaders and media organizations capitalize ... + Read More
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The Deadly Rise of Anti-science A Scientist's Warning Hardcover Peter J. Hotez 9781421447223 $32.95 MEDICAL Grade (US) from 17 Sep 19, 2023

Dr. Peter Hotez discusses how an antivaccine movement became a dangerous political campaign promoted by elected officials and amplified by news media, causing thousands of American deaths.During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, one renowned scientist, in his famous bowtie, appeared daily on major news networks such as MSNBC, NPR, the BBC, and others. Dr. Peter J. Hotez often went without sleep, working around the clock to develop a nonprofit COVID-19 vaccine and to keep the public informed. During that time, he was one of the most trusted v... + Read More
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Liar in a Crowded Theater Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation Hardcover Jeff Kosseff 9781421447322 $38.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Oct 24, 2023

Thanks to the First Amendment, Americans enjoy a rare privilege: the constitutional right to lie. And although controversial, they should continue to enjoy this right.When commentators and politicians discuss misinformation, they often repeat five words: "fire in a crowded theater." Though governments can, if they choose, attempt to ban harmful lies, propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation, how effective will their efforts really be? Can they punish someone for yelling "fire" in a crowded theater—and would those lies then have any less i... + Read More
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Archive 1999?2023 Paperback Sofia Coppola 9781915743138 $90.00 PHOTOGRAPHY Sep 01, 2023

Archive is the first book by Sofia Coppola, covering the entirety of her singular and influential career in film. Constructed from Coppola?s personal collection of photographs and ephemera, including early development work, reference collages, influences, annotated scripts, and unseen behind-the-scenes documentation, it offers a detailed account of all eight of her films to date. Mapping a course from The Virgin Suicides (1999), through Lost in Translation (2003) and Marie Antoinette (2006), to The Beguiled (2017) and her upcoming feature Prisc... + Read More
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Anarcho-Indigenism Conversations on Land and Freedom 1st edition Paperback Francis Dupuis-Déri 9780745349220 $27.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 20, 2023

As early as the end of the 19th century, anarchists such as Peter Kropotkin and Élisée Reclus became interested in indigenous peoples, many of whom they saw as societies without a state or private property, living a form of communism. Contemporary thinkers such as David Graeber and John Holloway have continued this tradition of engagement with the practices of indigenous societies and their politics, while indigenous activists and intellectuals coined the term 'anarcho-indigenism', in reference to a long history of (often imperfect) collaborati... + Read More
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Badvertising Polluting our Minds and Fuelling Climate Chaos Paperback Andrew Simms 9780745349145 $38.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 20, 2023

Advertising is selling us a dream, a lifestyle. It promises us fulfillment and tells us where to buy it – in international flights, beef from (what was once) the Amazon, and a vast array of goods that we consume like there was no tomorrow. And if advertising succeeds in keeping us on our current trajectory – there may not be a tomorrow.In Badvertising, Andrew Simms and Leo Murray raise the alarm about an industry that is making us both unhealthy and unhappy, and that is driving the planet to the precipice of environmental collapse in the proces... + Read More
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Ladies of the Press Paperback Bruce Kemp 9781990160189 $22.95 FICTION Age (years) from 17 - 99 Sep 28, 2023

Mel McLeod is an aspiring journalist determined to make it to the front during the Great War. Too bad she’s a woman. As the 20th century dawns, Mary Ellen McLeod uses her family’s connections to obtain a position at the Toronto Telegram, where her career is shaped by two legendary journalists: syndicated columnist Kit Coleman and Bill Douglass, the Telegram’s star writer. With Coleman’s encouragement, she follows domestic stories that matter, from a terrible fire in Corktown to the huge loss of life in a Great Lakes hurricane, and Douglass hel... + Read More
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Grand Chief Salamoo Cook is Coming to Town! Hardcover Tomson Highway 9782898360428 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 7 - 9 Sep 01, 2023

Once upon a magical time, a young rabbit named Weeskits hurried home to Kisoos—a town known as the Earth’s belly button—to deliver some thrilling news. Salamoo Cook, the Grand Chief of all rabbits in the world, was on his way to announce a mysterious contest. The prize? A year’s supply of all-healing waaskeechoos juice, fresh from spruce cones that have just fallen. Would Weeskits be able to help his brother Keegach win the juice to rid his wife of the dreadful manchoos?Grand Chief Salamoo Cook is Coming to Town! is a laugh-out-loud riot of a t... + Read More
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A Feast Beneath the Moon Bertie and Friends Hit the Road Hardcover Christiane Duchesne 9782898360466 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2023

Once upon a time there were four friends who always had oodles and oodles of fun together. After their last adventure full of surprises that ended with a big picnic in the sun, a sudden torrential rainfall forcesBertie and gang to take shelter atop the Blue Mountain. When they emerge, they encounter an extraordinary girl named Alice, who can grow big or small at the snap of her fingers. Together, they spend a magical night singing and dancing under the moon and shooting stars.A sequel to A Picnic in the Sun, this imaginative musical tale is int... + Read More
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Recipe for a Good Life Paperback Lesley Crewe 9781774712047 $24.95 FICTION Jul 18, 2023

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel follows a mystery author with writer's block from 1950s Montreal to rural Cape Breton, in search of much more than her next big story. On paper, Kitty's life is perfect. She lives in Montreal, so vibrant in the 1950s; she married her childhood sweetheart, who happens to also be a handsome movie star; and her detective novels, written under a plausibly male nom de plume, are bestsellers. But Kitty is suffocating under the truth of her life: Montreal feels chaotic and lonely without her mother, an... + Read More
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Roar Paperback Shelley Thompson 9781774712368 $22.95 FICTION Oct 31, 2023

A novel inspired by the original screenplay for the award-winning feature film Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor, about a young trans woman who returns to her family farm in the wake of her mother's death, written by celebrated actor and screenwriter Shelley Thompson. The MacInnes family is grieving. The loss of Miranda has devastated her husband, John Andrew, her eldest daughter, Tammy, and her youngest child, Dawn. Not Donnie anymore but Dawn, like sunrise, who transitioned while her mother received cancer treatment — without the rest of the family... + Read More
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Mitji- Let's Eat! Mi'kmaq Recipes from Sikniktuk Paperback Margaret Augustine 9781774712276 $34.95 COOKING Oct 24, 2023

An intergenerational source of wisdom and knowledge, Mitji combines a cultural history of Mi'kmaw cuisine with a practical cookbook. The welcome call of "Mitji" can be heard by Mi'kmaw children, hungry workers, family, and friends when dinner is ready. This book, too, is an invitation to celebrate and practice Mi'kmaq foodways: the recipes passed down from one generation to the next; the way traditional foods and medicines are gathered, hunted, and cooked; and the lived experience of ancestors and Elders about how to nourish the spirit and body... + Read More
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Crochet Impkins Over a million possible combinations! Yes, really! Paperback Megan Lapp 9780811771603 $37.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Sep 01, 2023

Enter the world of the reclusive yet mischievous Impkins! I’m sure you have seen them out of the corner of your eye from time to time, racing from hiding place to nook or cranny—odd little creatures of stitch and stuffing, of endless variety in form and manner. In these pages, you will not find a taxonomy of their features or a list of the names by which you might call them, you will find guidance on something far more important—the techniques and methods by which you might craft one of these little stitchlings of your very own. It is a wonderf... + Read More
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Brushed Aside The Untold Story of Women in Art Hardcover Noah Charney PhD, best-selling author of “The 12-Hour Art Expert” 9781538170991 $59.00 ART Oct 15, 2023

How many female artists can you name? Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe? Here’s a 360-degree look at the role women have played in art history, including the influence and empowerment of women through art beyond those who have taken up a brush or a chisel.